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Pair of jaguar in the Peruvian Amazon. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Progress on jaguar conservation in Suriname

Mark J. Plotkin 20 Nov 2018

These 4,000-year-old termite mounds are visible from space and still in use

Mongabay.com 20 Nov 2018

Purus-Madeira: the Amazon arc of deforestation marches north

Gustavo Faleiros, Marcio Isensee e Sá 20 Nov 2018

Could Brazil be on verge of one of world’s biggest conservation agreements? (commentary)

David Cleary 19 Nov 2018

Bolsonaro pledges government shakeup, deregulation, Amazon development

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 19 Nov 2018

Panama, Namibia plan to reveal fishing fleet data via online map

Basten Gokkon 19 Nov 2018

Brazil could lose Nepal-size area of rainforest due to policy revision

Morgan Erickson-Davis 16 Nov 2018

Peru shares its fisheries surveillance data with the world

Yvette Sierra Praeli 16 Nov 2018
Kelp. Image courtesy of NOAA.

Latam Eco Review: Rampant roadkill and shrinking seaweed stocks

Mongabay.com 16 Nov 2018

Saving the Amazon has come at the cost of Cerrado deforestation: study

Claire Asher 15 Nov 2018

A lucky child: Mongabay’s origin story (insider)

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Nov 2018

California’s Tropical Forest Standard could be the state’s most important climate action (commentary)

Steve Schwartzman, Christina McCain 14 Nov 2018

‘No one is helping us’: Venezuelan conservation crippled by crisis

Nora Ward 14 Nov 2018

Chile: Mining waste continues to be expelled into the sea

Michelle Carrere 13 Nov 2018

Honduras aims to save vital wildlife corridor from deforestation

Mongabay.com 13 Nov 2018

Merger of Brazil’s agriculture and environment ministries in limbo

Jenny Gonzales 12 Nov 2018

The last trees of the Amazon

Nelly Luna Amancio 12 Nov 2018

Novel research method reveals small-scale gold mining’s impact on Peruvian Amazon

Mike Gaworecki 9 Nov 2018
A spectacled bear in the rehabilitation and reintroduction program at Chaparrí. Photo by Matthew Weaver.

Peru cracks down after environmental defenders’ murders

Matthew Weaver, Rajmonda Rexhi 9 Nov 2018

Latam Eco Review: Hungry manatees and grand theft tortoise

Mongabay.com 9 Nov 2018

China increasingly involved in Brazil’s ambitious Amazon rail network

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 8 Nov 2018

Troika of trouble for Bolivia’s Cordillera de Sama Reserve

Mongabay Latam 8 Nov 2018

Cerrado farm community fights for life against dam and eucalyptus growers

Anna Sophie Gross 7 Nov 2018

Parrotfish, critical to reef health, now protected under Mexican law

John Cannon 7 Nov 2018

Deforestation-linked Brazilian beef still flowing into international markets: report

Claire Asher 6 Nov 2018

Latam Eco Review: Killing jaguars for arthritis creams and wine

Mongabay.com 2 Nov 2018

Colombia: Dying of thirst, Wayuu blame mine, dam, drought for water woes

Lucy Sherriff 1 Nov 2018
Satellite image from Google Earth: Tanguro, Brazil -12.262600, -52.733553

Deforestation continues upward trend in the Brazilian Amazon

Mongabay.com 31 Oct 2018
Large-bodied animals like this knobbed hornbill play an important role in forest ecosystems. Studies show that the loss of seed dispersers can have long-term effects on the carbon storage of forests. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Forest report points to opportunity for recovery

Jennifer Rigby 31 Oct 2018

Chainsaw Massacre: Protected areas in danger in Brazil’s state of Rondônia (commentary)

Philip M. Fearnside, Paulo Vilela Cruz 31 Oct 2018

In the Peruvian Amazon, the prized shihuahuaco tree faces a grim future

Leslie Moreno Custodio, Ojo Público 31 Oct 2018

Chile mine and port project nears approval despite scientific opposition

Michelle Carrere 31 Oct 2018

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